Crazy ridiculous safety saw can detect fingers and shut off
I’m in awe of this SawStop safety saw.
Month: December 2010
Dreidel Cake
I know Hanukkah has already ended, but I can’t resist these clever and easy-to-make dreidel cakes. Surely the fun isn’t over just because Hanukkah is — keep the good times spinning!
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Min狐 by hezra01, Mosaic Stained Glass Dragonfly by Rachel K. Jones, micromosaic bangle– hinge detail by downtothewiredesigns, and frozen cranberry wreath by saganaga.
Awesome projects built using Dorkbot PCB Order
Laen of Dorkbot Portland started a batch PCB Order project a year ago, to make it more affordable for his friends to order prototype boards by grouping them together into larger group buys.
Fuzz.Bender distortion box project
Doug Kovach sent me a link to this awesome project he recently completed. It’s a cross between two iconic effects pedals, the FuzzFace Fuzz pedal and the Colorsound MKII ToneBender. In the video, he presents a little history of the pedals, his research into the circuits, his experiments (and failures) in creating this new dual […]
Math Monday: Math doodles
Mathematicians often make theorems and proofs with just a pencil and paper (and some logical thinking). Another mathy thing that anyone can make with pencil and paper is a doodle. Vi Hart shows how in a series of high-speed videos on her website. Want more? Try this one: What mathy doodles can you make? More: […]
In the Maker Shed: Loud Objects Noise Toy kit
Bzzzzrrrreeeeepehkhkhkhhhhhhhk! Build your own Noise Toy with this kit from the Maker Shed. Plug in your headphones and glitch out, or jack into an amp and play it as an instrument. These kits come with a custom-printed circuit board, a noise generating microchip from their live performances, two buttons for modulating the sound, headphone jack, […]